# Meta's Muse Realtime Avatar and Realtime Avatar: What's the difference?

Meta introduced Muse Realtime Avatar on September 23, 2026\. Here's how the Muse experience compares with creating a live character for your own product\.

Published: 2026-09-24T15:24:54.546Z
Updated: 2026-09-24T15:24:54.546Z
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On September 23, 2026, Meta introduced Muse Realtime Avatar: a way to give its personal AI agent a face during a live conversation. It is an exciting glimpse of where AI is going. People do not just want answers from an assistant; they want a conversation that feels present.

We build Realtime Avatar for that same moment of connection, but for a different purpose. **Muse brings a face to Meta's agent. Realtime Avatar helps you bring a character to your own product.**

## What Muse Realtime Avatar is

Muse is Meta's personal AI agent. Muse Realtime Avatar is the visual presence Meta has introduced for it: expressive characters that can respond as a conversation unfolds. Meta presents this as an experience built around talking to Muse; its announcement does not describe a product for building characters in your own app. Meta also notes that its examples show what the technology can do and do not all represent avatars currently available in the Muse app.

## What Realtime Avatar is for

Realtime Avatar is for people and teams who want to create a live AI character of their own. Start with a portrait, shape the character's voice and personality, and have a face-to-face conversation. Try that character in the studio, then bring the experience into your own product.

It might be a guide in an app, a practice partner in a training experience, or a character in a story. The point is not to give everyone the same assistant. It is to let you decide who your users meet and what that conversation is for.

## Two directions for a more personal AI

Meta's announcement puts a spotlight on live, expressive AI. We welcome that. Muse and Realtime Avatar answer different questions: *"What if my personal agent had a face?"* and *"What if I could give my own product a living character?"*

This is a comparison of product focus, not a claim that the two experiences have been tested against each other. For a first look at what you can create, [meet a character in the Realtime Avatar studio](https://realtimeavatar.ai/studio).

Source: [Meta AI Research's September 23 announcement](https://research.meta.ai/blog/bringing-your-muse-to-life/).